During the Regional Ministerial Summit held this month in Bogota (Colombia) on the migration crisis caused by the flow of Haitian migrants (in the absence of Haiti, which according to a high-ranking source close to the Government, did not would not have been informed of the holding of this summit) Iván Duque, the President of Colombia declared "I make a clear request to the cooperation agencies so that we can in the countries make a real census of the number of migrants that we have on our territories. Without precise information we will not have precise public policies, this census is necessary."

At this event, Antony Blinken US Secretary of State; Marta Lucía Ramírez the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of Colombia and other Ministers of Foreign Affairs of America discussed at length the continent's migration crisis due to the transit of thousands of migrants from Haiti and other nations, as well as possible measures to stop this exodus.

In the case of Haiti, the Colombian President called on organizations like the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) to make a "structural" intervention.

Affirming "Today, we need an action that allows us to generate hope and income in Haiti, "we need a major industrial mobilization " and for example relaunch the Park Caracol industrial plant, which was inaugurated in 2012 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15718-haiti-economy-the-caracol-industrial-park-in-figures.html . If we do not find a solution that gives hope [to the Haitian people], we will have an even greater migratory phenomenon throughout the region."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34996-haiti-flash-colombia-calls-for-a-hemispheric-response-to-the-haitian-migration-crisis.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34962-haiti-flash-56-600-haitians-this-year-crossed-the-dangerous-jungle-of-darien-colombia.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34958-haiti-politic-the-migration-of-haitians-on-the-agenda-of-mexico-and-the-usa.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34954-haiti-flash-106-haitians-found-locked-in-a-container-in-guatemala.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34953-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34920-haiti-migration-crisis-mexico-asks-for-un-help-to-stop-haitian-migration.html

SL/ HaitiLibre